Hiroshi Naraoka
Department of Earth and Planetry
Sciences, Kyushu University,
6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
812-8581 JAPAN
(TEL) +81-92-642-2660 (FAX)
+81-92-642-2684
(E-mail)
naraoka(at)geo.kyushu-u.ac.jp
1. Chemical evolution of organic
compounds in extraterrestrial materials.
2. Origins of life on the earth and
the evolution of the biosphere.
3. Biogeochemistry of sediments and
sedimentary rocks, and biogeochemical cycles on the earth.
4. Stable isotope geochemistry of
organic compounds in natural environments.
The Earth environment has changed
dynamically since its birth. In particular, biological activities have
important roles on the evolution of the Earth's surface environment. In order
to understand better the environmental changes and associated biological
acitivities, we should study geochemical cycles of elements and molecules that
operate in Earth's surface system over different periods of time. Furthermore,
origin of life on the Earth is the most challenging issue in science. Past
biological activities as well as chemical evolution prior to life should be
studied by organic compounds in rocks (chemical fossils known as biomarkers) as
well as extraterrestrial materials such as meteorites. My recent research
projects include: 1) characterization of organic matter in carbonaceous
chondrites; 2) chemical and isotopic studies of sedimentary organic matters
from Archean to present to clarify biological activities associated closely
with Earthfs surface changes; 3) multi-isotope studies of biomarkers in deep-sea
drilling samples as well as hydrothermal environments to investigate bacterial
communities with their metabolisms; 4) modern geochemical cycles of organic
matter in terrestrial-marine systems including isotopic characterization of
bioorganic compounds; 5) laboratory simulation in formation and isotope
fractionation of organic compounds; and 6) development of molecular and
isotopic analytical techniques for trace amounts of organic matter in natural
samples.
April 1987
- March 1989, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of
Tsukuba.
April 1990
- January 1991, Postdoctral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science (Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba).
February
1991 - March 1993, Research Associate, Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology,
Economic Geology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University.
April 1993
- March 1997, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan
University.
February -
December 1996, Visiting Research Scientist, Department of Geosciences,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
April 1997
– March 2004, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo
Metropolitan University
April 2004
– January 2008, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Okayama
University
February
2008 - present, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu
University
B.S.,
1983, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
M.S.,
1985, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Dc. Sci.,
1990, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
<International>
European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
International Society for the Study of Origins of
Life (ISSOL)
The Meteoritical Society (METSOC)
<Japan>
The
Geochemical Society of Japan (GSJ)
The
Japanese Association of Organic Geochemists (JAOG)
The Society for the Study of Origin and
Evolution of Life JAPAN (SSOEL)
The
Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences
December 1987 - March
1989, A member of the 29th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition: Antarctic
meteorite search and geological field work around the Sor Rondane Mountains,
Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
Summer 1991, Four weeks of
geological field work at Pilbara and Hamersley district, Western Australia:
Collecting Archean sedimentary rock samples.
Fall 1994, Three weeks of ship
research work at the Pacific Ocean: Piston coring of sea sediments.
Fall 1995, One week of ship research
work at the Sea of Japan: Piston coring of sea sediments.
Summer 1998, Five weeks of
geological field work in Namibia and South Africa. Collecting Proterozoic
sedimentary rock samples.
1. H. Naraoka, T. Naito, T.
Yamanaka, U. Tsunogai and K. Fujikura (2008) A multi-isotope study of deep-sea
mussels at three different hydrothermal vent sites in the northwestern Pacific.
Chem. Geol. submitted.
2. Y. Oba and H.
Naraoka (2008) Carbon and hydrogen isotope behavior of macromolecular organic
matter from CM chondrites during hydrous pyrolysis.@ Meteoritics Planet. Sci., submitted.
3. H. Naraoka (2008)
Characteristics of organic matter in carbonaceous chondrites with relevance to
its occurrence on asteroids. ASP Conf. Ser. in press.
4. Y. Oba and H.
Naraoka (2008) Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation of
low-molecular-weight organic compounds during ultraviolet degradation. Org.
Geochem, 39, 501-509..
5. Y. Oba and H.
Naraoka (2007) Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionation of acetic acid during
degradation by ultraviolet light. Geochem. J. 41, 103-110.
6. Y.
Chikaraishi and H. Naraoka (2007) d13C and dD relationships among
three n-alkyl
compound classes (n-alkanoic acid, n-alkane and n-alkanol) of
terrestrial higher plants. Org. Geochem., 38, 198-215.
7. Y. Oba and H.
Naraoka (2006) Site-specific carbon isotope analysis of aromatic carboxylic
acids by elemental analysis/pyrolysis/isotope ratio mass spectrometry. Rapid
Commun. Mass Spec., 20, 3649-3653.
8. Y. Oba and H.
Naraoka (2006) Carbon isotopic composition of acetic acid generated by hydrous
pyrolysis of macromolecular organic matter from the Murchison meteorite.@ Meteoritics Planet. Sci., 41, 1175-1181.
9. Y.
Chikaraishi and H. Naraoka (2006) Compound-specific d13C-dD analysis of
lipid molecules in a plant-soil system. Chem. Geol., 218, 117-133.
10. S. R. Poulson
and H. Naraoka (2006) Carbon isotope fractionation during degradation of
benzene, trichloroethene, and tetrachloroethene under ultraviolet light. Geochem.
J.,
40,
291-296.
11. Y.
Chikaraishi, Y. Yamada and H. Naraoka (2005) Carbon and hydrogen isotopic
compositions of sterols from riverine and marine sediments. Limnol.
Oceanogr.,
50,
1763-1770.
12. H. Yabuta, H.
Naraoka, K. Sakanishi and H. Kawashima (2005) Solid-state 13C NMR
characterization of insoluble organic matter from Antarctic CM2 chondrites:
Evaluation of the meteoritic alteration level. Meteoritics Planet. Sci., 40, 779-787.
13. Y.
Chikaraishi and H. Naraoka (2005) d13C and dD identification of
sources of lipid biomarkers in sediments of Lake Haruna (Japan). Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta, 69, 3285-3297.
14. M. Yamamoto,
H. Naraoka, R. Ishiwatari and S. Ogihara (2005) Carbon isotope signatures of
bacterial 28-norhopanoic acids in Miocene-Pliocene diatomaceous and phosphatic
sediments. Chem. Geol., 218, 117-133.
15. H. Naraoka,
H. Mita, M. Komiya, S. Yoneda, H. Kojima and A. Shimoyama (2004) A chemical
sequence of macromolecular organic matter in the CM chondrites. Meteoritics
Planet. Sci., 39, 401-406.
16. T. Watanabe,
H. Naraoka, M. Nishimura and T. Kawai (2004) Biological and environmental
changes at Lake Baikal in the late Quarternary inferred from carbon, nitrogen
and sulphur isotopes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 222, 285-299.
17. Y.
Chikaraishi, H. Naraoka and S. R. Poulson (2004) Carbon and hydrogen isotopic
fractionation during lipid biosynthesis in a higher plant (Cryptomeria
japonica).
Phytochemistry, 65, 323-330.
18. Y.
Chikaraishi, Y. Suzuki and H. Naraoka (2004) Hydrogen isotopic fractionations
during desaturation and elongation associated with polyunsaturated fatty acid
biosynthesis in marine macroalgae. Phytochemistry, 65, 2293-2300.
19. Y.
Chikaraishi, H. Naraoka and S. R. Poulson (2004) Hydrogen and carbon isotopic
fractionations of lipid biosyntheses among terrestrial (C3, C4 and CAM) and
aquatic plants. Phytochemistry, 65, 1369-1381.
20. A. Shimoyama,
H. Naraoka, H. Mita and M. Komiya (2003) Analyses of organic compounds and
carbon isotope ratio in MUSES-C sample. (eds) I. Kushiro, A. Fujiwara and H.
Yano, The First Open Competition for the MUSES-C Asteroidal Sample
Preliminary Examination Team, ISAS Report SP, No. 16. pp. 121-133.
21. Y. Oba and H.
Naraoka (2003) A different behavior of hydrogen isotope exchange between two
PAH isomers (fluoranthene and pyrene). Res. Org. Geochem., 18, 29-35.
22. Y.
Chikaraishi and H. Naraoka (2003) Compound-specific dD-d13C
analyses of n-alkanes extracted from terrestrial and aquatic plants. Phytochemistry, 63, 361-371.
23. T. Okuda, H.
Naraoka and H. Takada (2003) Thermodynamic behavior of stable carbon@@ isotopic compositions of individual
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons derived from automobiles. Polycyclic
Aromatic Compound. 23, 219-236.
24. S. R. Poulson
and H. Naraoka (2002): Carbon isotope fractionation during permanganate
oxidation of chlorinated ethylenes (cDCE, TCE, PCE). Environ. Sci. Tech., 36, 3270-3274.
25. T. Okuda, H. Kumata,
M. P. Zakaria, H. Naraoka, R. Ishiwatari and H. Takada (2002) Molecular and
carbon isotopic compositions of atmospheric aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
Tokyo, Japan. Atmos. Environ., 36, 611-618.
26. Y.
Chikaraishi and H. Naraoka (2001) Organic hydrogen-carbon isotope signatures of
terrestrial higher plants during biosynthesis for distinctive photosynthetic
pathways. Geochem. J., 35, 451-458.
27. H.
Naraoka, A. Shimoyama, K. Harada (2000) Isotopic evidence from an
Antarctic carbonaceous chondrite for two reaction pathways of extraterrestrial
PAH formation. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 184, 1-7.
28. H. Naraoka,
K. Yamada and R. Ishiwatari (2000) Recent sedimentary hopanoids in the
northwestern Pacific alongside Japanese Islands - their concentrations and
carbon isotopic compositions. Org. Geochem., 31, 1023-1029.
29. D. Brincat,
K. Yamada and R. Ishiwatari, H. Uemura and H. Naraoka (2000) Molecular-isotopic
stratigraphy of long-chain n-alkanes in Lake Baikal Holocene and
glacial age sediments. Org. Geochem., 31, 287-294.
30. Y. Liu, H.
Naraoka, K. Hayashi and H. Ohmoto (2000) Laser microprobe technique for stable
carbon isotope analyses of organic carbon in sedimentary rocks, Geochem. J., 34, 195-205.
31. H. Naraoka and
R. Ishiwatari (2000) Molecular and isotopic abundances of long-chain n-fatty acids
in open marine sediments of the western north Pacific. Chem. Geol., 165, 23-36.
32. H. Naraoka
and R. Ishiwatari (1999) Carbon isotopic compositions of individual long-chain n-fatty acids
and n-alkanes
in sediments from river to bay and open ocean: Multiple origins for their
occurrence. Geochem. J., 33, 215-235.
33. R.
Ishiwatari, K. Yamada, K. Matsumoto, M. Houtatsu and H. Naraoka@ (1999): Organic molecular and carbon
isotopic records of the Japan Sea over the past 30 kyr. Paleoceanography, 14, 260-270.
34. H. Naraoka,
A. Shimoyama and K. Harada (1999) Molecular distribution of monocarboxylic
acids in the Asuka carbonaceous chondrites from Antarctica. Origins Life
Evol. Biosphere, 29, 187-201.
35. Y. Watanabe,
H. Naraoka, D. J. Wronkiewicz, K. C. Kondie and H. Ohmoto (1997) Carbon,
nitrogen, and sulfur geochemistry of Archean and Proterozoic shales from the
Kaapvaal Craton, South Africa. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 61, 3441-3459.
36. K. Yamada, R.
Ishiwatari, K. Matsumoto and H. Naraoka (1997) d13C records
of diploptene in the Japan Sea sediments over the past 25 kyr. Geochem. J., 31, 315-321.
37. H. Naraoka,
A. Shimoyama, O. Matsubaya and K. Harada (1997) Carbon isotopic compositions of
Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites with relevance to the alteration and
existence of organic matter. Geochem. J., 31, 155-168.
38. H. Naraoka,
M. Ohtake, S. Maruyama and H. Ohmoto (1996) Non-biogenic graphite in 3.8 Ga
metamorphic rocks from Isua district. Greenland, Chem. Geol., 133, 251-260.
39. H. Naraoka,
K. Yamada and R. Ishiwatari (1995) Carbon isotopic difference of saturated
long-chain n-fatty acids between a terrestrial and a marine sediment. Geochem.
J.,
29,
189-195.
40. H. Naraoka,
K. Yamada and R. Ishiwatari (1994) Stable carbon isotope measurement of
individual fatty acids using gas chromatography/isotope ratio monitoring mass
spectrometry. J. Mass Spectrom. Soc. Jpn, 42, 315-323.
41. K. Yanai, H.
Kojima and H. Naraoka (1993) The Asuka-87 and Asuka-88 collections of Antarctic
meteorites: Search, discoveries, initial processing, and preliminary
identification and classification. Proc. NIPR Symp. on Antarctic Meteorites, 6, 137-147.
42. A. Shimoyama,
H. Naraoka, O. Matsubaya and K. Harada (1993) Carbon isotopic compositions in Antarctic
carbonaceous chondrites. Chem. Lett., 1993, 371-374.
43. A. Shimoyama,
H. Naraoka, M. Komiya and K. Harada (1989) Analyses of carboxylic acids and
hydrocarbons in Antarctic carbonaceous chondrites, Yamato-74662 and
Yamato-793321. Geochem. J., 23, 181-193.
44. H. Naraoka,
A. Shimoyama, M. Komiya, H. Yamamoto and K. Harada (1988) Hydrocarbons in the
Yamato-791198 carbonaceous chondrite from Antarctica. Chem. Lett., 1988, 831-834.
45. H. Naraoka,
M. Takasaki, S. Nomoto and K. Harada (1987) Kinetic studies on dehydrogenation
reaction of 5,6-dihydro-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinediones in aqueous solution induced
by argon arc plasma or hydrogen-oxygen flame. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 60, 414-416.
46. A. Shimoyama,
H. Naraoka, H. Yamamoto and K. Harada (1986) Carboxylic acids in the
Yamato-791198 carbonaceous chondrite from Antarctica. Chem. Lett., 1986, 1561-1564.
47. H. Naraoka
and K. Harada (1986) Stereochemistry of piperazine-2,5-dione formation by
self-condensation of DL-amino acid esters. J. Chem.Soc., Perkin Trans.1, 1986, 1557-1560.
48. K. Harada, M.
Takasaki, H. Naraoka and S. Nomoto (1984) Formation of bioorganic compounds in
aqueous solution induced by plasma. Origins of Life, 14, 107-114.